Welcome to the most comprehensive Real Estate Trust website in the World. My name is Randy Hughes, Mr. Land Trust, and I want to teach you all the benefits of using a Land Trust to hold title to your real estate investments. I am not talking about non-profit land conservency Land Trusts, but Trusts that hold title to your investment property (houses, apartment buildings, raw land, etc.). Yes, I also use LLC's and Corporations, but NOT to hold title to investment real estate. Unlike LLC's and Corporations, Land Trusts are not registered anywhere on the planet! Therefore, learning how to link the Land Trust together WITH an LLC or Corporation gives you ultimate privacy AND asset protection.

Do NOT own real estate in YOUR name!

Why Real Estate Trusts are used in almost every state!

And, the History of these unique Trusts.

What is a land trust? Nothing more than a few pieces of paper and a Deed to Trustee

Why do I need to use a trust? For privacy of ownership and asset protection

What if I need to change my Trustee? Easy to do with a Land Trust

All three of these questions are very important to your long term financial health. Let me be straight forward with this information. You are working very hard to accumulate property for investment and cash flow. You put yourself, your family, and your children’s financial future at risk investing in real estate.

Trusts are the first line of defense to insulate yourself (and your family) from the millions of lawsuits happening every year.Do you want protection from your number one advisary...the contingency fee lawyer (and his deadbeat client) or would you rather have a bare knuckle fight with him without any defenses in place?

You have probably noticed that it is VERY difficult to find any information about these title holding trusts and how they operate. That is why people from all over the United States (and other countries) come to my website to find accurate information about Land Trusts. Most attorneys do not know how to set up and administer a title holding trust (they receive only three hours, if any, of trust education in law school). So, you cannot even rely on your local lawyer for accurate trust information.

Illinois Trust law and Massachusetts business trust law set the foundation for all other states to follow. This is the reason why most of these trusts today are referred to as, “Illinois TYPE Land Trusts.” See Hart v. Seymur, 147 Ill.598 (Ill. 1893). But, this does NOT mean that all of these areIllinois Trusts. Rather than drafting their own statutes, most states just model their laws after Illinois and Massachusetts. Thus, with the exception of:

Florida

Virginia

Texas

North Dakota

Indiana

Hawaii

Arizona

Ohio

and California there is little statute law in any of the other states on which these kind of trusts can be based. Consequently, Land Trusts (often times refereed to as an Illinois "type" Land Trust) are valid in all states. Hawaii, Wisconsin, Arizona and Michigan are states where this kind of trust useage is particularly problematic (but not impossible). If you want to use a Land Trust in these states, please call me first! (1-866-696-7347)

"Land Trusts are like submarine...
they take you below the surface and keep you off the radar"

For citzens of Canada and Mexico that are buying property in the USA, please note that it is perfectly legal for you to hold title to your investments in America via a Land Trust. Please call me for additional details at 1-866-696-7347.

Land Trusts are THE #1 LEGAL way to get your name out of the record books. Start creating your own trusts today and understand the process. You DO NOT need to be an attorney to form your own trusts.

Wesley Romine | Real Esate Investor

Hear what a full-time real estate investor says about the advantages of using a Land Trust. He has personal experince in the daily management of real estate and the potential threats to his privacy.

Let us look at some Trust history.

There are numerous types of “trusts” that have been used in our country over the last 200 years. In fact, Land Trusts and the law behind them followed the settlers over from England. Almost 500 years ago in medieval England, property trusts were used by the common man, “serfs”, to protect their property rights from those who were in power at the time. Trusts served not only to protect assets, but also to avoid taxes and laws of descent. Even though King Henry VIII tried to bypass the use of trusts (to prevent serfs from holding title to property in “trust” and avoiding the responsibilities of land ownership), the medieval courts of England (and most courts since) have upheld the use of land trust and the rights of their beneficiaries.

Since most American law escheats from English Common Law, the use of trusts and the law supporting them was easily blended into American law. This was around 1795. About 100 years later, a land development company in Illinois wanted to subdivide a large piece of ground that was encumbered by a large mortgage. Since the mortgagee would not release the lots individually until the entire debt was paid off, Chicago Title became involved with the developer. Chicago Title became the trustee of the entire parcel and guaranteed would-be buyers/beneficiaries and prospective mortgage companies that free and clear title would be eventually delivered once enough lots were sold off to pay the mortgage off in its entirety. This worked marvelously.

This is where the rubber meets the road!

Enough about history! How do these Trusts help YOU?

I have done the research and are continuing to do so on a daily basis. This next part shows you something others will not. THE STEPS OF CREATING A FUNCTIONING LAND TRUST. I am not asking you to first buy my product to see this, I want to show you how easy it is to do this on your own. You can and will create your own trusts IN AS LITTLE AS 5 MINUTES (once you have the proper knowledge and forms). The key here is EDUCATION. You can buy the forms anywhere but, will you know how to use them to your advantage? I have been forming land trusts for over 40 years. I teach you the creative strategies that give these trusts "teeth." Would you want to use a brain surgeon who has all the medical tools but no EDUCATION on how to use those tools? I think not.

"How we think and how we behave determine where we are going." --Marianne Williamson

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The Step-By-Step Process to Forming A Land Trust

Ok, so you have read and heard about all the wonderful benefits to using a title holding trust to hide and protect ownership of real estate. But now you ask yourself, “how do I actually set up my first trust?” The following was written by me to answer the often asked question, “what exactly do I do next?”

NOTE: The following itemization will make more sense to you if you have read my Land Trusts Made Simple Course Guides. Buy Now

Step One: Printing the Trust Agreement (T.A.)

Print out the Basic or Advanced Land Trust Agreement (referred to as T.A. in this text) from your forms CD or Download (which sample Trust Agreement you decide to print out will be determined by you after studying the course guides). If you purchased my Basic Home Study version, open the Word Document file named, “Illinois Land Trust Agreement.” If you purchased my Advanced Home Study version, open the Word Document file named, “Virginia Land Trust Agreement.” Now you have a hard copy that you can fill in and make notes. Once you are done with the first construction of your T.A., you can go back to your computer and finalize an electronic version. The following steps follow the format of the Basic Trust Agreement.

Step Two - Setup Trustee of Trust

Your next step is to put your name in the T.A. as the Grantor (assuming you are the one forming the trust). Then, decide who will be your Trustee? My recommendations are clearly spelled out starting on page 35 of my Course Guide.

However, keep in mind that it is best if you have a Trustee from the same state as the situs of your Trust Agreement. (i.e. Virginia Trustee for a Virginia Land Trust). Also, remember the best (most private) Trustee is one who lives out of your state (or at least out of the county inwhich the property is located) and has a different last name than yourself.

Step Three - Name the Trust

Naming your Trust (What’s in a name?). Starting on page 59 of my Basic course guide I discuss the importance of choosing the “right” name for your trust. Most legal advisors will suggest you put your personal name or even your social security number in the name of your trust. If you hear this advice...RUN! You may name your trust virtually anything you want as long as the name is not infringing on copy write laws. For example, you could not name your Trust, “General Motors” or “General Electric.” You could, however, name your trust the “GM Motor Trust” or the “GE Investment Fund.” Naming your trust is just one little piece of a big legal puzzle that you are creating to hide and protect your assets. It may seem insignificant to some but, if you have ever experienced the prospects of a frivolous lawsuit and avoided the suit because of the name of your trust or the situs of your trust…you become a believer!

Step Four - Revocable vs. Irrevocable

Revocable vs. Irrevocable? Paragraph 8.6 of my Basic Trust Agreement requires a statement of the type of Trust that you are forming. You need to decide if the trust will be Revocable or Irrevocable. What is the difference? Revocable means that you can change the terms of the Trust Agreement at any time (by amending the Trust Agreement). Irrevocable means that you cannot change the terms of the Trust Agreement. The trust must remain intact (as you formed it) until the expiration of the trust term (usually 20 years) or the assets are removed from the trust.

There are also some tax considerations to determining whether a Trust will be Irrevocable. Some Irrevocable trusts must acquire a federal tax identification number and submit tax returns (and are taxed at a much higher rate than individual tax rates). Therefore, be sure to seek competent tax advice prior to forming an Irrevocable Land Trust.

Step Five - Beneficiary of the Trust

Your next decision is to decide who will be the Beneficiary of the Trust? Be careful here because if you are currently the owner of the property being placed in to the new Trust and you make someone other than you or your spouse the beneficiary, there could be a gift tax problem created by this action. As discussed in my course guides, you may want to consider making your personal property trust, LLC or corporation the beneficiary for future asset protection benefits.

NOTE: Some advisors encourage multiple beneficiaries or co-beneficiaries. I include a sample Beneficiary Agreement in the forms (that accompany my home study course) to use if you decide to have more than one beneficiary to your Trust. However, I do not advise multiple beneficiaries because of the potential liability between co-beneficiaries.

Step Six - Setup the Director

Your next big decision is who will hold the Power of Direction? As you learned in the my course guides, he who holds the power of direction (over the Trustee) controls the trust’s destiny. So, choose this position wisely! Typically, the Beneficiary is also the Director (at least initially at the formation of the Trust Agreement). The Power of Direction can be retained forever by the Beneficiary or assigned to someone else on a temporary or permanent basis.

Step Seven - Successor Beneficiaries

Now comes the part where you decide who will be the Successor Beneficiaries. One of the many benefits of using a Trust is the fact that upon the death of the Primary Beneficiary the Successor Beneficiary succeeds to full Beneficiary status immediately upon the death of the Primary Beneficiary (outside of the purview of the probate process). If you are forming a Revocable Trust, you may change the successor beneficiary(ies) later if you so desire. However, I still suggest you think through this decision wisely prior to naming your successors as life has a way of changing our situations quickly.

TJ Wentling | Illinois

TJ is a college student that was looking for a better answer when taking title to real estate. He found my site, called me and then purchased the Land Trusts Made Simple Basic Homestudy course. He was able to create HIS OWN LAND TRUST WITHOUT AN ATTORNEY OR REALTORS.

Step Eight - Successor Trustees

Similar to number seven above (where you selected your Successor Beneficiaries), now you select your Successor Trustees in your Trust Agreement. Successor Trustees will provide for a smooth transition of title if your Primary Trustee (the initial Trustee that you select) dies, retires, quits or is fired by the Beneficiary. You can name as many Successor Trustees as you want. I suggest always using a P.O. Box for your Trustees addresses.

Step Nine - Private vs. Institutional Trustee?

You may not have a choice in how much you pay your Trustee if you use an Institutional Trustee. Typically, a “professional” trustee will charge $500-$1,500 dollars to set up the trust, $300-$600 dollars per year to maintain the trust, $25-$50 dollars for each signature that the trustee provides and $25-$50 dollars to perform administrative functions (like forwarding a real estate tax bill). One of the reasons why I recommend private trustees is to save on these costs. You can pay your trustee whatever you two agree on but make sure it is reasonable and customary.

Step Ten - State Law for your Trust

Your next decision is going to be which state’s Trust laws are you going to use as the situs of your trust? If you decide to use Virginia for example, you would put the Virginia statute citation (found in paragraph 8.6 of the Advanced Trust Agreement). Or, if you are going to use Illinois trust law you would use the Illinois Statutes (found in paragraph 8.6 of the Basic Trust Agreement). Which state law you are going to use is extremely important to the asset protection benefits you are seeking. I provide extensive research in my course guides to help you make this decision.

Step Eleven - List the Property Held in Trust

List the property to be held in your trust on the last page of the TA. Be sure to list the legal address as well as the common (street) address. Also, remember to only put one property into EACH trust! This keeps each property insulated from the other.

At this point you have made all the big decisions to form your first Trust Agreement. All you need to do now is date your Trust Agreement (be sure it is dated prior to the date on the Deed in Trust) and get the signatures of the Trustee, Beneficiary and Notary. Be sure to NOT record the Trust Agreement----only the Deed-in-Trust gets recorded! The Trust Agreement stays in your personal files as a private contract document.

Let's take a break from the steps to discuss my competition. While I know there are very few sources of accurate land trust information, I want to make sure you understand the fundamental difference between my home study courses and others. The other courses available can be as low as $97, WOW What A Great Deal! But is it really? I say not, here is why. The last step I showed you was how to FILL IN the trust document. If I left you with that, would you feel comfortable that your trust REALLY was legal and exactly what you wanted for your situation? NO!!!

A FILL IN approach with no training is what you will get with my competitors. Logically, what training could someone really offer for such a low price when attorneys are charging hundreds if not thousands of dollars TO CREATE ONE TRUST?"

Step Twelve - After Creating Your Trust

This is the point where many investors drop-the-ball in the important process of forming their trusts. Insuring your property properly is a very important part of being a successful real estate investor. If you make changes in the ownership of a property it is critical that you follow a certain process to communicate those changes to your insurance company and insurance agent. Step Twelve is written to give the sequence of steps necessary to report changes, acknowledge changes being completed, monitor the necessary coverage and keep all information accurate between you and the insurance company.

Make sure that you insure your property “held in trust” properly. This is CRITICAL to receiving insurance coverage (payment of a claim) if there is a loss/claim. I highly recommend that you sit with your insurance broker, agent or advisor before you buy any property, make a change in ownership or deed your property into a trust. I provide the step-by-step process for insuring your property held in a trust in my course guides.

See how easy it is to CREATE a TRUST?

Remember how I talked about my competitors and how they give you the FILL IN approach with no training? GOOD, because if you bought their product, you would have received some of the above information. BUT WOULD YOU UNDERSTAND A LAND TRUST NOW?

NO! You would then start looking for an attorney to help you form your trust and s(he) would CHARGE YOU hundreds of dollars each time you needed assistance (assuming you can even find a knowledgeable land trust attorney).

My Land Trusts Made Simple System

I will make this Simple. In fact, I call my courses “Land Trusts Made Simple” which is important when covering an ESSENTIAL component of real estate investing very few talk about.

My courses not only cover the steps as I have given you above, but I explain the LOGIC behind each part of the process. THIS WILL GIVE YOU PEACE OF MIND THAT YOUR TRUSTS ARE SET UP PROPERLY FOR YOUR OWN INDIVIDUAL SITUATION.

My System of Land Trust Creation

I have broken my system into two courses. You will start with the Basic Course to create your own trusts. This is all you need if you want to begin now. My Advanced Course is a MUST if you want to take your trusts to a new (bullet proof) level. This advanced course will add a deeper understanding of trusts and complex privacy structures. You can get both my Basic and Advanced Courses together in my "Complete Package" at a discounted price.

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